Improvement in sofa-bedsteads



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Patented Nov. 9, 1875i OOOOOO o O o o o O\ J'. K. & M. L. STOCKTON.

SOFA-BEDSTEAD. No. 169,852.

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JAMEs K. srooKrON AND Mito L. srockroN, OE BROOKLYN, NEw vonk.

IMPROVEMENT lNsoFA-BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,@62, datedNovemberQ, 1875; application iiled June 30, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J AMES K. STOGKTON and MILO L. S'rooKToN, of thecity of Brooklyn, county ot Kings, State of New York, have invented anImprovement in Lounge-Beds, of which the following is a specication:

This invention consists of an improvement in the method of swinging theseat of a loungebed, and in the pivoting of the mattress and frame towhich the seat is hinged; also, in the provision of a self-acting orautomatic headrest, by means of which is obviated the use of anydetached parts for that purpose, the arrangement, construction, andoperation of all of which will be fully described and pointed out.

In the drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is aplan View cfa lounge in which is embodied my invention. Fig. 2is

a left-hand end view. Fig. 3 is a sectional View, taken on line x a: inFig. 1, showing the mode of operating the head-mattress, the same beingshown as4 and in position when the lounge is arranged in bed form 5 andFig. 4 is a view taken on line x .fr in Fig. 1, partially in section,showing the position of the head-mattress and its operating parts intheir normal condition, when in lounge form.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of our invention is to produce a lounge and bed combined inone article of furniture that shall be complete in all respects anddetails, and require no detached parts or outside attachments of anykind or nature. It is easily handled, the operating parts being sopivoted and hinged as to swing and reverse into a new position with theexertion of but little strength.

Our main object is to provide a self-acting and automatic head-rest,which shall be so arranged below the seat and inclined head rest .of thelounge as to be out of sight when the lounge is in its normal condition.This headmattress is operated by the means of a crank or eccentricattached to the base of the mattress-frame, so that when the seat of thelounge is swung forward, and the bed or mattress frame reversed, suchmovement will at once throw the head-mattress up into position on a linewith the inclined head-rest of the loungeseat in its new position. Thiscompletes the transfer of a lounge into a bed, ready for use, by onesingle movement.

A represents the frame of a lounge'of ordinary construction. Brepresents the upholstered seat of the lounge. C represents the mattressand its frame, which swings inside the frame of the lounge on shafts a,in bearings a, in said frame. These shafts are of metal, of any approvedform of manufacture. They are shown in the drawings as shafts attened atone end, for the purpose of riveting to the under side of themattress-frame. The seat B of the lounge is attached to themattress-frame by means of two or more hinges, b. By swinging the seat Bforward the mattressframe C revolves on the shafts or pivots c a, takingthe position as shown in Fig. 2. By continuing the forward movement themattress C is entirely reversed, and the seatB will rest on the door,the position of both then be-V ing as shown in Fig. 1. D represents thehead-mattress. It is provided at one end with hinges d, which retain itin place, but at the same time permit a free vertical movement. When inuse as a lounge, this head-mattress is retained under the head ofthelounge-seat, as shown in the drawings, Fig. 4. When the lounge istransferred into a bed it takes the position as shown in Fig. 3,coinciding with the new position of the loungeseat B, and on a line withthe mattress C, as shown. The shaft c, at the right-hand end of themattressframe, is extended beyond the cross-framing of the lounge-frame,and formed into a crankarm, g. When the mattress-frame C is reversed, aspreviously described, this crank g changes it position from that shownin Fig. 4 to a directly opposite position, as shown in Fig. 3. In itsupward movement it reaches and strikes underneath the head-mattress D,and carries it up until it takes the position as shown in Fig. 3, atwhich point the crank g becomes its support or rest while the lounge isbeing used as a bed. By a reverse movement of the crank thehead-mattress, by its own weight, returns to its irst and originalposition. This crank g might be replaced by an equivalent eccentric,fastened on the end of the shaft c, but ordinarily I prefer the crankform.

It will be plainly seen that l[he mattress C,

seat B, and head-rest, and the head-mattress D all operate together andat once, and that they present asymmetrical appearance when in positioneither as alounge or bed.

Having thus fully described our invention, what We claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a sofa-bedstead or lounge-bed, having a reversible seat, theautomatic head-mattress D, arranged and operated substantially as andfor the purposes as herein shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, in a bed-lounge, of the seat B, revolving mattress(l, crank g, and head-mattress D, arranged and operating' in combinationWith each other, as and for the JAMES K. sTocKfroN. MILo L. srooKToN.

In presence of- A. L. MUNsoN, D. J. TAPLEY.

